I finally thought I'd jump on the M2D bandwagon and see what all the excitement is about.
OK, I'm excited. But also frustrated. I've poked around in the hundreds upon hundreds of posts, but I just can't seem to find some instructions to do some pretty basic things, such as:
Identify which music player to use
Find my music files on my SD card
Identify which Photo Viewer I want to use
Specify Farenheit in Weather
Remove/Replace an application, contact
Add more than one city to Weather
So, before I invest too much time in this, can someone help me out on how to go about this? I'm perfectly willing to edit XML files or whatever to do it, I just don't know what files to edit.
Thanks!
AJ
Identify which music player to use
htc audio manager is the default music player that m2d uses.
Find my music files on my SD card
everytime u load the audio manager it automatically searches for new files (off main and sd). and makes them available.
Identify which Photo Viewer I want to use
htc album is default and works pretty well.
Specify Farenheit in Weather
go to weather tab click on menu.. click settings and select farenheit.
the controlling xml for m2d is called htchomesettings.xml and a detailed break down of this xml file is available in the dev and hacking forum by ababraker.
hope this helps.
or you can use the M2DC to edit the homesettings.xml
here are some M2D Modding tools :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2968870&postcount=2
thesire said:
Identify which music player to use
htc audio manager is the default music player that m2d uses.
Find my music files on my SD card
everytime u load the audio manager it automatically searches for new files (off main and sd). and makes them available.
Identify which Photo Viewer I want to use
htc album is default and works pretty well.
Specify Farenheit in Weather
go to weather tab click on menu.. click settings and select farenheit.
the controlling xml for m2d is called htchomesettings.xml and a detailed break down of this xml file is available in the dev and hacking forum by ababraker.
hope this helps.
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Thanks. That did help a lot. I'm discovering that there are a lot of things to install besides M2D Like audio manager. It's better than WMP, but doesn't really hold a candle to S2P, and I'd like to configure that as my default music player.
HTC Album is kind of in the same boat. Not really as good as S2V, and I haven't yet figured out how to make Album see photos other than in the \Pictures folder. Maybe there's a way.
But at least I got weather working for me
AJ
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I've tried searching for this to no avail. Please point me in the right direction if this is not the right place to post this too: I'm trying to make a .asx file open straight from my list of programs with CorePlayer in full screen on my TP. I basically have a stream of the BBC News headlines and would like a neat little icon in the programs list which plays them straight out full screen.
There's three things I'd like to do but can't seem to get it working (in order of priority):
1. Shortcut the .asx file to open in Coreplayer - I've tried "\Storage Card\Core Player\player.exe" -"BBC Headlines.asx" and a few other variations but this doesn't seem to work
2. When coreplayer opens I'd like a switch of some kind in the shortcut to make it go full screen straight away (something like -fullscreen or -full or something I'm guessing)
3. I'd then like the icon to change from the Coreplayer icon to one of my own - say the BBC icon. How do I change a shortcut's icon?
I could use WMP but I much prefer Coreplayer's fullscreen rendering and it seems to open a bit quicker. If WMP is my only option then so be it. Both 2. and 3. still apply.
If I can get this working I'll make a batch of streams with their own icons etc and attach them here for everyone. I've found some neat live TV streams also that would be good to use this with. But mostly having a very quick icon in the list of programs which just spews out the headlines in video would be nice!
Thanks for any help!
LLOYDY
OK - found somewhere else to post this. Please remove this one.
menu -> tools
tick 'play at open in fullscreen'
I've tried searching for this to no avail. I know this isn't amazingly techie but still suited to this forum section I think: I'm trying to make a .asx file open straight from my list of programs with CorePlayer in full screen on my Touch Pro. I basically have a stream of the BBC News headlines and would like a neat little icon in the programs list which plays them straight out full screen.
There's three things I'd like to do but can't seem to get it working (in order of priority):
1. Shortcut the .asx file to open in Coreplayer - I've tried "\Storage Card\Core Player\player.exe" -"BBC Headlines.asx" and a few other variations but this doesn't seem to work
2. When Coreplayer opens I'd like a switch of some kind in the shortcut to make it go full screen straight away (something like -fullscreen or -full or something I'm guessing)
3. I'd then like the icon to change from the Coreplayer icon to one of my own - say the BBC icon. How do I change a shortcut's icon?
I could use WMP but I much prefer Coreplayer's fullscreen rendering and it seems to open a bit quicker. If WMP is my only option then so be it. Both 2. and 3. still apply.
If I can get this working I'll make a batch of streams with their own icons etc and attach them here for everyone. I've found some neat live TV streams also that would be good to use this with. But mostly having a very quick icon in the list of programs which just spews out the headlines in video would be nice!
Thanks for any help!
LLOYDY
use search button, use RESOURCE HACKER to change icons
Thanks for the info. Will check Res Hacker out.
Have searched but struggling. Are there fullscreen / file open parameters available for core player even?
LLOYDY
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try too use cab file. Path storage card/programm files, then you can see coreplayer.If you put file only too storage card dosent work, coreplayer needs device memory,then you can see coreplayer too works. And just click your screen and fullscreen open.hmmm or go to settings man and you find solution... this is unless what do you mean? full screen movies?
No sorry this isn't what I was looking for. I've got Core Player installed fine. I need it to open a file full screen from a shortcut.
Thanks anyway,
LLOYDY
associate .asx files with TCPMP: 'Options/settings/select page/file associations'.
Set TCPMP to open full screen: 'Options/settings/select page/player'
your custom icon must be contained in a .DLL or .EXE file
create a shortcut to your file in a text editor:
63#"\path\file.asx"?\path\icon.exe,0
this should get you started.
I can't help you with the icon for the file part (I'm guessing that's easily solvable though), but doesn't CorePlayer have an option for "Play at open in fullscreen" in the Menu > Tools > Preferences > Player option screen? That seems to work just fine for mine, if I launch a video file from file explorer it opens in CorePlayer and beings to play at full screen.
Sorry for the late reply guys. Excellent info. I'll get round to making a collection of feeds when I get chance.
Cheers!
LLOYDY
joemanb said:
associate .asx files with TCPMP: 'Options/settings/select page/file associations'.
Set TCPMP to open full screen: 'Options/settings/select page/player'
your custom icon must be contained in a .DLL or .EXE file
create a shortcut to your file in a text editor:
63#"\path\file.asx"?\path\icon.exe,0
this should get you started.
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Hey I tried the icon shortcut, I can't seem to make it work. I put an icon inside a .dll, called it iPodIcon.dll, and I get this:
File not found!
\Windows\iPodIcon.dll,0
Here is my shortcut:
56#"\Program Files\TCPMP\player.exe"\Windows\iPodIcon.dll,0
HOLD ON...forgot the question mark thingy.
Changed it to:
57#"\Program Files\TCPMP\player.exe"?\Windows\iPodIcon.dll,0
And it works with a nice iPod icon I found from IconLook.com
It still showed up as "Core" on my homescreen until I did a powercycle.
Thanks!
PS - I will post the .dll if anyone is interested.
for anyone who is intrested check this thread
now that i can carry thousands of my photos with me (8GB SD)
i realize that HTC Album gets crowded with sub-folders/albums
most are sub-folders with my photos and i guess i have to live with that
but also some system and miscellaneous folders show up
simply put a lot of finger scrolling
is there a way to hide / ignore certain sub-folders from HTC Album?
Sir.B said:
now that i can carry thousands of my photos with me (8GB SD)
i realize that HTC Album gets crowded with sub-folders/albums
most are sub-folders with my photos and i guess i have to live with that
but also some system and miscellaneous folders show up
simply put a lot of finger scrolling
is there a way to hide / ignore certain sub-folders from HTC Album?
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Here is a cab version of HTC album that gives you the option of what folder you view everytime you open it! You can just install it over the one you have! I dont know if this is what you had in mind, but hope it helps!
dashmaster1000 said:
Here is a cab version of HTC album that gives you the option of what folder you view everytime you open it! You can just install it over the one you have! I dont know if this is what you had in mind, but hope it helps!
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i appreciate your response, i did know about setting a default start-up album
but even when a default is set when you select to browse to a different folder
you get a list full of unrelated/un-wanted folders
especially any folder with images on the \storage card
\windows and \program files do not show up,
so i was wondering how to hide others that i may not want to see listed
Hi there,
I would like to find out how can I put the album photos of the music that I had into the Diamond2 music play, so i won't get a boring standard icon to show for all my music.
shawchyn said:
Hi there,
I would like to find out how can I put the album photos of the music that I had into the Diamond2 music play, so i won't get a boring standard icon to show for all my music.
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Also had problems with this and there are a few good guides out there. The easiest solution is to name the album cover "folder.jpg" and then put it in the music folder of that certain album:
Music\Bruce Springsteen\Folder.jpg
Music\REM\Folder.jpg
Laban said:
Also had problems with this and there are a few good guides out there. The easiest solution is to name the album cover "folder.jpg" and then put it in the music folder of that certain album:
Music\Bruce Springsteen\Folder.jpg
Music\REM\Folder.jpg
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I did the similar thing, but the album photo also doesn't want to show up
There's a little trick to this;
After you put the Folder.jpg in each Artist- (or Album-)directory, go to Settings - More - Personal - Today - Items and remove the mark for TouchFLO 3D.
Soft Reset the phone.
Delete the file \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager...\AudioManager_Eng.
Reactivate TouchFlo 3D (reverse from first bullet)
Go to Music, wait for search to finish, Presto!
2Fresh said:
There's a little trick to this;
After you put the Folder.jpg in each Artist- (or Album-)directory, go to Settings - More - Personal - Today - Items and remove the mark for TouchFLO 3D.
Soft Reset the phone.
Delete the file \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager...\AudioManager_Eng.
Reactivate TouchFlo 3D (reverse from first bullet)
Go to Music, wait for search to finish, Presto!
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Thanks Bro, it work!
Another question, can I exclude some folders or just want the audio manager to search in the folder called "My Music"?
Asking that because I create another folder called "My Ringtone" and I don't want the Audio Manager to look into that folder, as normal, a ringtone is just a mp3 which abt 30s long, so it is very irretating to have it listed in the Audio Manager.
2Fresh said:
There's a little trick to this;
After you put the Folder.jpg in each Artist- (or Album-)directory, go to Settings - More - Personal - Today - Items and remove the mark for TouchFLO 3D.
Soft Reset the phone.
Delete the file \Application Data\HTC\AudioManager...\AudioManager_Eng.
Reactivate TouchFlo 3D (reverse from first bullet)
Go to Music, wait for search to finish, Presto!
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Hi 2 all, I have more simple decision for this trouble (without any soft reset or TouchFlo removing): just rename album_cover.jpg in Album dir to hTC_AM_AlbumArt.jpg and you will see the changes immediatley - I have ~90 album folders and its really work for me
Hey guys,
ive searched all over and found only two cabs for the stock album and they both dont work...i install it gets to the end and says the program has insuffient privleges to install.
Does anyone have any suggestions? or know where i get a working cab for the stock album please??
Im running stock 1.43 rom.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
if you have album running in the background this can prevent a cab from writing over a file being accessed. also install bsb tweaks and allow unsigned apps (not sure what this does but it sounds relevant and can't harm). see if these help. Otherwise i just use resco photo manager anyway
Thanks for suggestions optiknerv ive done the bsb tweak but still the same. I can access the album on the silder but it just comes up blank and doesnt show pictures. It does however show the number of files but no image comes up.
mmmmmmmmmmmm
vakaviti said:
Thanks for suggestions optiknerv ive done the bsb tweak but still the same. I can access the album on the silder but it just comes up blank and doesnt show pictures. It does however show the number of files but no image comes up.
mmmmmmmmmmmm
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i think you can't install the cab because the album process is running in the background. install a fully featured task manager, kill the album process and then install the cab you want.
anyway do the images show on sense but not in album? can you see anything accessing album direct from start menu? are you viewing the correct folder where your pictures are?
I can view the pictures if i use the start menu and then go to multimedia but they dont show on sense just blank screen with number of images that i have. Would a fully featured task manager be touch x longpress task manager??? sorry still trying to figure out the wonderful world of WM.
you mean view them in "pictured and video"? or the link in the start menu labelled "album"? Attached is a free task manager that can be used among other things to kill a running process.
not sure if deleting the contents of \Application Data\HTC\HTC Album\ would help forcing album to refresh the cache? this could make it worse though but its nothing a hard reset wouldn't fix if it all goes tits up
optiknerv said:
you mean view them in "pictured and video"? or the link in the start menu labelled "album"? Attached is a free task manager that can be used among other things to kill a running process.
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Sweet task manager thanks for that bud.
Um yeah the pictures show up in the link labelled album but they dont show up on the sense interface for photos and videos which sucks coz i like the way you could landscape scroll and what not with a flick of a finger.
I killed the process and install album cab but still no go...ill try another cab from earlier on and see how that goes.
once again thanks for the help mate
taking a look at my process tree i presume album searcher would also have to be killed. but since you can view images in album not sense i wouldn't have thought that album is your problem. try taking a new picture and see if that pops up in sense. would have thought this would also refresh the cache on the rest.
ahhh thanks for all the help champ
ill just perform a hard reset then install everything again haha.
cheers
vakaviti said:
ahhh thanks for all the help champ
ill just perform a hard reset then install everything again haha.
cheers
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Try deleting that folder contents listed above first. If not then HR or wait until someone with more knowledge than myself gets out of bed lol.
Ok does anyone else find this weird....i have try all the above mentioned methods and even hard reset to factory standard and now when i install one cab file even if its remove top bar or change to cookie tab home screen the same problem comes up. I cant view pics in the sense album using slider and i cant set an alarm i can get into the menu but it just comes up blank.
Any suggestions???